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The length of time to get your dossier together varies from family to family. It took us (and we were slow) 6 months to get our dossier together. Part of our slowdown was due to my work. I had to leave the lower 48 for Alaska for 2 months (i've been handling all the paperwork so the process came to a grinding halt during that 2 months)--so it's very possible you could get through your dossier much faster than us. Once the dossier is submitted wait time for a referal is 5-6 months...look more towards 6--but thats way better than the 14 months it was taking just a year or so ago. Once you have your referal it takes about 6-8 weeks to travel. You will be in China for 10-14 days. I am a waiting parent--all our paperwork was submitted to China January 7th so I haven't gone through referal pocess etc. yet. Thusfar it's been a pretty easy striaghtforward. No major worries. I did not use GWCA so cannot comment on them.
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